Woman randomly stabs 2 people in New York City's Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police

A woman who stabbed two people was shot by officers in New York’s Times Square on Monday while brandishing two large knives, according to an official and bystander video. A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to the New York Police Department. This image made from video provided by WABC shows NYPD officers on the scene after a woman brandishing two large knives was shot by officers in Times Square in New York, Monday, Aug. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Department substation, just outside One Times Square, the building that hosts the city’s annual New Year’s Eve ball drop celebration. It is one of the most heavily touristed and policed spots in all of New York.

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